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UNiTEn STATES PATENT OEEicE.

LEWIS O. NOBLE, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNOR TO JOSHUA XVIL SON, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

, AUTOMATIC PERFUME- DISTRIBUTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,650, dated November 19, 1889.

Application filed November 13, 1888. Serial No. 290,716. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS C. NOBLE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Im proved Automatic Perfuinc-Distributing Device, of which the following is a specificatiou.

This device relates to that general class of inventions which are operated by dropping '10 a coin through a slotin the case containing the mechanism.

In this invention the operator by dropping a coin, preferably a cent, receives a quantity of perfume in liquid form upon the handkerchief or other article placed under the end of a tube extending through the case to the outside, said case containing mechanism fully described below and constituting the invention.

In the accompanying drawi1'1gs,in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device with a considerable portion of the case rep resented as having been removed, the better 2 5 to illustrate the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. I

A represents the case, provided with the slot at in the upper portion of its front side, and a suitable door A in its rear side pro- 0 vided with a lock ct, by means of which the interior may be reached by a person provided with the key. The front side of the case is furthermore provided with a perforationa", the object of which is below described. The

shape of the case is not material. In this instance it is provided with feet A", whereby it may rest on a suitable stand or shelf.

B is a tank supported'by a shelf 13, which rests on brackets B", secured to the side walls 40 of the case. This tank is provided with cologne or perfumed liquid, is tightly closed, with the exception of a small air-hole b, and is provided with a door or cover 1), preferably arranged to slide into and out of position.

5 O is a bent spout secured to the under side of the bottom of the tank (the base 13 being cut away for the purpose) in any suitable manner, in the drawings it being represented as screwed into a ring 0, rigid with said hottom. The upper end of this spout is provided with the internal block 0, into which is set a drip-tube cl, which is directly under a hole in the bottom of the tank. A tube D leads diagonally downward from the spout 0 through the opening a in the front of the case to the outside, where it is usually supplied with an ornamental cap, as D.

E is an upright tube rigidly secured to the upper side of the bottom of the tank, said tube being provided with perforations a: near the floor of the tank.

F is a post secured to the top of the tank and forminga fulcrum for the lever H, to one end of which is pivotally secured the plunger or valve h, and to the other end of which is similarly secured the connecting-rod H. The plunger 7L passes down through the top of the tank and plays in the tube E, having its seat on the upper end of the tube d. The conmeeting-rod H is pivotally secured at its lower end to the bent'lever I, which is pivoted at I to the base B, and has a weight J at one end and a trough K at the other. The pivot I in the drawings extends from the tank to a projection a on the case; but this is not necessary to the invention.

The normal position of the lever I is that shown in Fig. 1, where its trough end is as high as the stop-pin L will allow and the plunger h is down upon its seat.

N is a chute or grooved plate secured to the case and leading from the slot at to a point over the trough K, when it is at its highest point; and P is a curved plate, also secured to the case and placed substantially concentric 8 5 ally with the path of the trough K.

In operation, when a coin is dropped into the slot a, it slides down the chute N and drops into the trough K. Its weight overbalances the weight J, and the trough K 0 swings down, carrying the coin,-which is kept from dropping out by the plate P until it reaches the lower end thereof, when it falls to the bottom of the case. As the trough swings down, the weight J is lifted and the red H (pivoted to the long arm of the lever I) is lowered, thus lifting the plunger or valve h. As soon as this plunger is raised above the perforations e the scented liquid in the tank flows through them into the tube (Z, and thence through the spent 0 and tube D upon the handkerchief of the operator,which is presumed to be in Waiting beneath the outer end of said tube D. As soon as the coin drops out of the trough K said trough rises and the flow of perfume is stopped.

The contents of the case are reached in the ordinary manner by means of the door A.

A stop B Fig. 1, may be provided to limit the downward movement of the lever I, if desired.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the case A a, chute N, tank 13, provided with the cover I) and perforated tube E e, plunger or valve h, levers and I 5 rod H H I, trough and weight K J, curved plate P, spout O, and tube D, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

LEWIS C. NOBLE.

WVitnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, B. W. WILLIAMS. 

